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I don't doubt the general sentiment of this article (i.e. I don't doubt that male residents of Boise are, in general, healthier than their counterparts in Birmingham), but at the same time I question the methodology because there are more than 100 cities in the US which could, statistically, skew the results heavily in one direction or another. Where are all the other cities?

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These articles are fake - at least the arbitrary methodology - and done simply to boost clicks on the Men's Health Site.

I went ahead and looked at some of the full rankings and had to laugh. Charlotte is ranked as #33 healthiest city, while New York is ranked #34.

I just so happen to know these two cities like the back of my hand and not only is Charlotte not healthier for men than NY, Charlotte is no where near NYC when it comes to real health standards.

Charlotte's homicide and violent assault rate (per capita) is much higher than NYC; This is the land of fast food and deep fried everything; Charlotte is auto-orientated and people (generally) walk less in a week in Charlotte than one might in every two days in NY; Employment rates are higher in NY; ability to have access to social services is high in NY and almost nil in Charlotte; Charlotte has less access to medical services; less access to public parks; the list goes on.

This is why lists like this are for, well -- simpletons. Measurements of health in the US are tied up with income status, and class issues in the US generally correlate and/or are obscured by racial demographics. Compare the white v. non-white demos of the top and bottom 10 and you'll see what I mean.

Or put it this way, if you are a white professional that lives in Center City and peripheral areas in Philadelphia you'd score quite high on the health scale, especially considering that we have a high concentration of the best medical services in the country (if you have good insurance). Center City is also has one of the highest "biking commute" and walkability indexes of ANY downtown of over a million residents in the US. Bottom line -- if you live and work here (meaning Center City) you don't need a car, and when you don't use a car all of the time you don't end up being an obese, burger-eating Medicare scooter riding American.

And further proof that Men's Health is a useless rag at the bottom of the article it says "For more on the sources for our statistics and to see additional city rankings, go to MensHealth.com/metrogrades." and when you click the link it just takes you to a list of which cities you're more likely to have a car accident.

OMG I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THIS THREAD. Silly white people.

ps: we do have a high homicide rate but I can plot out on google-maps the handful of drug dealing areas where this happens and to stay away from. 90% of shootings happen in these areas.